100% Whole Wheat Spiced Pumpkin Sourdough Bread (using Fresh Pumpkin Puree)

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

I hope you enjoy this lovely recipe. It's so fragrant and subtly sweet - perfect for sweet or savoury toppings! Come and join the Elly’s Everyday member community! (it’s lots of fun) www.buymeacoffee.com/ellyseveryday/membership Mockmill information including discounts in some locations available here: www.ellyseveryday.com/mockmill Thanks for watching, please see the video description for more information and links!

[@ThankfulNanaDiane]

Looks delicious! My hubby has some butternut squash growing, so I’ll have to give this a try! Thanks for sharing! 😊❤️

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

You're welcome! It's a lovely addition to wholegrain sourdough

[@hu_b]

You hear about influencers but think it can't happen to you. But I've just been "influenced." Until I saw this video Pumpkin bread wasn't on my radar and actually didn't sound that appealing (squash sourdough?), even though I enjoyed the presentation. Despite that, a couple of days after I watched this I suddenly found myself compelled to use the old pumpkin I had lying around to make bread. Came out great, even got some pretty decent oven spring which I wasn't expecting. I upped the hydration, increased the percentage of starter, and used cinnamon and ginger for the spices. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Lovely feedback, thank you. I actually recoil from the idea of being (or being labelled as) an 'influencer'. Whatever happens to them, I hope it doesn't happen to me either!

[@AlpacaRenee]

Beautiful loaf! I’m SO going to try this recipe!

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it :)

[@maryellenbunce7751]

Beautiful loaf! Thank you for sharing

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Thank you! 😊

[@lizzafrizz]

Love it Elly! Got quite a few pumpkins just picked from my allotment here in the Netherlands so excited to give this a try. Funnily enough about a week ago a hated a gorgeous video from an Azerbaijan family where they film all sorts of traditional country recipes and practices (gorgeous channel!) and the lady made about 10 loaves of pumpkin bread (actually I think 5 were with spinach purée now I come to think of it) so it was on my mind to give it a try. Unfortunately it was with all white flour (what a shame!) so I’m super happy you’ve done the work for me in working out proportions with wholegrain flour. BTW I love your birdies! Makes me homesick….xx

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Aww, thank you!!! I hope you make it and enjoy it and think of home :)

[@tinakelch9471]

Wow!! You guys call that pumpkin it’s called butternut squash here in the states ..

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

We call just about all the squashes 'pumpkin' here - except the little ones ;)

[@jessicaeiss2541]

I was all excited when I heard you say pumpkin... and then use a butternut squash! It's all good. Squashes, pumpkin, zucchini, all work great in bread recipes. I do cook my own pumpkin though and either use fresh or rehydrated from dehydrated, in baked goods. I think I'd like to try these as dinner rolls, bet they would be great!

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Well it is a pumpkin to me! That's what we call them here 😂

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Ps, you can use 'pumpkin' - any type will do.

[@kcbknitter]

Looks yummy. I think I need to try this.

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

It sure is. I hope you do! :)

[@cd8053]

Just baked this bread this am. Elly. It looks fantastic, & is cooling now. I also ordered a Mockmill from Canada, using one of your links. Thank you for your Mockmill video. It was very helpful in helping me finally decide to go for it! I make all my breads, so I think the mill will be great to use.

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

That's so wonderful! Oh gosh, you'll love it. I bought my Mockmill in 2018 and have never looked back.

[@summerbreeze1955]

Thank you Elly, this looks like another of your default amazing bread. Another on my baking shopping list to try! luv n light, and I spotted dear kitty in the background x

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Oh thank you! You're very kind. Yes I spotted him too! I often don't realise he's there until I'm editing :)

[@katielin2379]

I love your mixer. Looks like a very interesting experiment for me. I havent had much luck with sourdough.

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Oh, I hope you try it! Sourdough is easy once you get to know how it works. I hope my other videos and website information are helpful for you too :)

[@AltoidJTP]

That looks amazing!!!

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Thank you! It's so yum I'm loving it.

[@martina5923]

Hi Elly! Yay! The recipe is here! I have been looking forward to you getting it on your channel. The Butternut Pumpkin you are using is a Butternut Squash where I live. Looks like it, too. Nevertheless, it does indeed look delicious, especially when you sliced it and showed what it looks like on the inside. While I have been making homemade breads for years, Sourdough is new to me. So, I am watching your videos on getting the starter going, and such. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe with us!

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

That's so exciting! Thanks for your patience, it took me a lot longer than expected to get this video done. I hope you enjoy it!

[@mojsharhappy]

Hi Elly, thanks so much for this recipe...🥰 I'm going to make it! BTW, have you made this in a loaf pan?

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Hi, thank you, that's exciting! Yes I have, and it's wonderful either way, but whole grain sourdough loaves in pans tend to be a bit more dense than free form loaves, especially with loads of pumpkin added! You can do it though, just as easy :)

[@Ma-Says]

Thanks for the video and recipe! I bet it would be good as rolls for Thanksgiving dinner! Love your videos!

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Yes I think so too!!

[@Lifestyle.RN.Coach.Annemarie]

i roast winter squashes whole. When cool, it is easy to cut, scoop out seeds that are cooked and plump. The skin may be edible to eat right then or blend it . The meat of squash is tastier when roasted whole and I have less waste. Baker’s treat is the flesh scraped easily with a spoon, from skin

[@shortymcshort4608]

Hi Elly! This recipe looks lovely! I'm tempted to get back into sourdough baking now! (:

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

You should Shorty!!!! 😀

[@shortymcshort4608]

@@ellyswholegrainsourdough Hahah I will try during the holidays! We'll see how far I get this time! :P Take care! (:

[@DanaFreerDF]

Hi Elly. Would it be possible to use Sprouted Spelt or Sprouted Whole Wheat flour for this recipe? Enjoying your channel!

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Hi, thanks! Yes you could but I've never tried it (nobody produces it here). You may need to adjust the water level :)

[@denaross]

It looks wonderful and I can’t wait to give it a try! Curious - you mentioned playing around with your oven convection vs fan if I heard correctly. Is fan on and convection the same or different on your oven? I hear “fan on” or “fan off” in some cooking video descriptions and I’ve always thought they *were* talking about convection (which would be convection=fan on?) but now I’m not sure…..

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

I tried to research this and it appears all these terms mean different things in different countries! With my oven (Smeg - Italian brand) 'convection' means just top and bottom heat, 'fan forced' means smaller element at the back of the oven with fan pushing the heat around. I couldn't tell much difference with a DO baked loaf, aside from the bottom being a bit darker than it is when I use the fan setting.

[@hu_b]

fyi butternut squash has a lower water content than pumpkin (meaning the round, orange winter squash that's used to make pumpkin pie in the US).

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Yes, they do vary. You may need to adjust. I thought it was the other way around though. The pumpkins here seem drier than the winter squash. It's not going to be a standard thing, they will vary a lot crop to crop.

[@DanaFreerDF]

Could I do the final proof overnight in the frig?

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Yes you could :)

[@katep4485]

Canned pumpkin isn’t very good anyway. I think what you guys call pumpkin is what I would call winter squash (usa). We almost always use butternut or acorn squash for pumpkin recipes anyway since its easier cut up.

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Oh I see! Thanks for educating me. We call many of the larger squash here pumpkin. I made some bread with a 'Kent' pumpkin as well, but this one tastes better I think and yes, much easier to cut!

[@galebagstad5241]

Curtsy to the camera..love it! 🤭🥰

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Haha, thank you. That's my dance background shining through! 😀

[@antoinettefarrugia6513]

Hi Ellie, thank you for a great video as always you are amazing. Is that a bread machine that used for making the bread? That looks delicious definitely I have to try it. Thanks have a good day. P.S. We call the Butternut squash here in Canada. How long to warm the Dutch pan for before baking the bread?

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

Hi Antionette, it's a Chinese dough mixer, Bear brand, but you can use a bread machine or other mixer too, or knead it by hand. All the details are in the written recipe, link in description :)

[@antoinettefarrugia6513]

@@ellyswholegrainsourdough Thank you so much. I have a bread machine I certainly can mix it in it. Have a good day 🤗

[@ellyswholegrainsourdough]

That's excellent. A bread machine has a very similar mixing action to my Bear mixer. It will do a fine job!